Benjamin Douglas

Ben Douglas counsels businesses in all areas of asset management, including private investment advisers and wealth managers, hedge, real estate, and venture funds, fintech start-ups, mutual fund managers, and firms with hybrid businesses (such as private fund advisers that also sub-advise mutual funds).  He handles matters ranging from fund formation, regulatory compliance and service provider relationships, to complex sales and acquisitions of asset management businesses.

Ben began his legal career at Shartsis Friese LLP, where he practiced in that firm's hedge fund group.  In that capacity, he represented the management team at Robertson Stephens Investment Management in their spin-off of RS Investments.  After several years at Charles Schwab Investment Management, focusing on U.S. mutual funds and retail funds in Europe and Asia, Ben became the General Counsel of RS Investments (now a franchise of Victory Capital Management). At RS, he oversaw all legal aspects of the firm's $20 billion business, including its mutual funds, institutional accounts and private funds.  Ben managed the sale of a majority stake in RS Investments to Guardian Life Insurance, as well as RS's acquisition of smaller firms and hiring of portfolio teams.  He has also been in-house counsel at Forward Management and Dodge & Cox.